Access Fund and Washington Climbers Coalition purchased a critical swath of the Lower Lump and Inner Walls areas in Index, Washington, putting into place one of the last pieces of the climbing conservation puzzle in the area. The acquisition encompassed 20 acres of beautiful forest and more than 30 independent routes.

This is not the first time the WCC and Access Fund have joined forces to purchase and protect climbing at Index. In 2009, they teamed up to buy the Lower Town Wall—one of the premier granite crags in the United States—which sits next door to the newly acquired property.